INTERESTING FRUIT EXHIBITS 



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g-iven in regard to the Fruit Marks Act. 

 This work was in charge of Mr. P. J, Carey, 

 Ox Toronto, and Mr. A. Gifford, of Meaford, 

 Dominion fruit inspectors, assisted by two 

 expert packers, Messrs. R. Wilson and G. 

 H, Boone, of Thornbury. The Fruit Divi- 

 sion also made an exhibit of fruit from the 

 different provinces, including 19 plates from 

 Nova Scotia, 14 from Prince Edward Is- 

 land, 27 from Quebec and 7 plates and 2 

 pyramids from British Columbia. The 

 Quebec exhibit showed the class of apples 

 that can be grown in the colder sections of 

 Ontario, Quebec and the Northwest Terri- 

 tories. These included some 'Russian varie- 

 ties and seedlings that have been tested. 



The Nova Scotia fruit closely resembled 

 that of Ontario and included such varieties 

 as the Stark, Greening, Baldwin and Gra- 

 venstein. The fruit from Prince Edward 

 Island was not as large as that from the 

 other provinces, but was fairly well colored 

 and included some Wealthy, Baxter, On- 

 tario, Fall Water and Baldwin apples, all of 

 which showed good keeping, qualities. Some 

 of the finest commercial Spys in the rink 

 were included in the British Columbia ex- 

 hibit. They were of fair size and very even 

 in quality and color. The other varieties, 

 such as Ontario, Stark, Canada Red and 

 Spitzenberg, were hardly up to the standard 

 of the Ontario fruit. 



AN EXCELLENT EXHIBIT. 



A small exhibit, but one of excellent 

 quality, was made by Mr. Richard Veale, of 

 Mount Brydges, who showed five plates of 

 Kings, Russets, Baldwins, Greenings and 

 Spys, These apples were all of large size 

 and excellent quality, the Spys and Russets 

 being particularly fine. 



A large table was occupied with an exhibit 

 of fruit from the orchards of Morris & Wel- 

 lington, of the Fonthill Nurseries. This 

 exhibit included some excellent fruit. 



One of the best exhibits at the show was 



that made by the Chatham Fruit Growers' 

 Association. This exhibit attracted general 

 attention and proved a splendid advertise- 

 ment for that association, as the fruit was 

 all of excellent quality, it was neatly packed 

 and showed to excellent advantage. Tlie 

 exhibit included fruit in boxes and barrels 

 as well as on plates. 



THE FRUIT growers' ENEMIES. 



A most valuable section, from an educa- 

 tional standpoint, was that occupied by a dis- 

 play from the Ontario Agricultural College. 

 A large number of the most common insects 

 which plague fruit and vegetable growers 

 were shown in bottles. These included the 

 peach borer, the celery caterpiller, spruce 

 gall louse, round headed borer, cabbage 

 borer, canker worm, squash bug, and many 

 others. Branches of trees and leaves, show- 

 ing how these various insects attack the 

 trees and the damage they do, were shown. 

 These included leaves attacked by shot hole 

 fungus, currant leaf spot, asparagus rust 

 and others, as well as exhibits showing the 

 apple scab, bitter rot, plum rot, sun scald, 

 San Jose scale, etc. 



Printed slips of paper describing the vari- 

 ous pests and how they can best be pre- 

 vented and remedied were attached to the 

 various exhibits. There was also an er- 

 . hibit of a section of a tree showing how trees 

 can be protected from mice, as well as 

 branches of trees showing how grafting is 

 done. One of the best features of the col- 

 lege display was two cases of waxed fruits 

 which were wonderfully natural. The col- 

 lege received a great deal of praise for mak- 

 ing such an excellent and instructive ex- 

 hibit. 



COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS. 



A number of well known firms made ex- 

 hibits of fruit boxes, orchard machinery, 

 etc. These exhibits were among the most 

 instructive of the exhibition although the 

 number was not as large as had been hoped 



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